Trying to FIX : Dymo LABEL PRINTER purchased from eBay

Hi, in this video I attempt to repair a Dymo 1000 Plus Electronic Label Maker purchased faulty from eBay. The display has failed, let's see if it is fixable.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince.

[@JustACupOfCoffeePLZ]

I've only watched until 22:00, but before I see how it turns out... I just want to say I admire you :) I would never have tried poking around at those contacts with any hope of actually achieving something, and I'm sure most people watching this would say the same. But you carefully poke away on the off chance it'll make it work in the end. And that's why I keep coming back to these videos! It's inspiring to watch someone who just does, before googling other's opinions on whether it's feasible or not! Edit 10 minutes later: Holy cow! Hahaha, that's brilliant mate, nice work!

[@fouroakfarm]

I saw the mucked up ribbon cable and said to myself "it will be a miracle if this thing ever works" . Well...miracles happen! Wow, super impressed

[@tomn5660]

Thank's for the video. It got me started fixing my Dyno Rhino 1000 with a bad display. I did not pull the cable off. I was able to fix mine by heating the ribbon cable connection briefly with a heat gun and then rubbing over the traces with a round smooth piece of plastic while it was hot.

[@Dj_Maxi_P]

I have the RhinoPro 1000 with the same screen issue... was working OK one day then went nutty on me... is it easy to open and repair? It's a solid unit would hate to have to bin it.. any pointers on how to open it up would be ace.. thanks

[@markomadic9234]

I can't believe you made this work, I was sure it was ruined. Unbelievable.

[@tavitube7010]

why did you spoil the ending

[@gile849]

Isto sam pomislio na pocetku kad je krenuo da odlepljuje flet. Da ne poverujes da je displej proradio :)

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

@@tavitube7010 He saw the ending

[@Lightning2011]

the ending though was too funny lol I hope you stuck down the outro thing that you printed! Good job Vince I thought the thing was finished for sure, now I know if I ever find anything like this I can fix it! Oh yeah and you know how you say that you aren't a professional and we shouldn't copy anything in your videos? These videos are literally repair videos and we learn new ways to fix things like this so yeah this is absolutely professional-like for us

[@GadgetUK164]

Great job getting it almost displaying properly =D That type of connection can be re-heated with a soldering iron carefully. It will often fix it - but you have to provide enough heat (and not too much for too long). You can litterally slowily drag the iron across from one side to the other. That same technique I've used on Gameboys and other LCD screens using the same hot bar process. They use a hot bar to join them to the PCB. The glue weakens over time. You were lucky to be able to recover it after peeling it off like that.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Chris, I will try the iron next time. I thought it was conductive paint originally like the E.T book so I was worried about using the iron in case it melted the plastic :-)

[@jasoncamps77]

I saw this earlier today and it reminded me I needed to label something myself. I immediately found liquid in the case and a button that no longer worked, and was weirdly kinda happy. Your videos have inspired me, so tonight I'm going to make it my first live repair stream.

[@colin1729]

You get more ingenious every fix you undertake. I like it .

[@pds8475]

I used to repair Dymo label printers about 10 years ago but they were the thermal label printers. The screen in that printer is similar to the ones that are used in the Siemens Optipoint series of business phones. Although on the optipoint phones the cable looped back onto a PCB attached to the rear of the LCD. They always developed that same fault. However since it was a business environment the whole screen had to replaced.

[@ArreglandoCosas]

Vince, i like how you choose one song and start all videos with it. Just so you know its a positive change. Keep on mate

[@coolelectronics1759]

hey thanks for the closeups and the great detailed narration. As someone who is legally blind with RP I find that very helpful.

[@Jesuslife39]

I get so involved with these videos when you win we win or when it doesn't work we feel sad great video I remember these just getting old

[@NowInAus]

What a carry on! Great job. Love that layered tape bodge Vince

[@Retro_andy_1977]

These are very handy to have Vince and now you have one to use anytime so nice work 👍

[@tgheretford]

Veiwers notification squad (those who have watched the video will get it)

[@Richiecandylover]

Hahaha I get it xD

[@Mommotexx]

😂Yup

[@JustKarlos]

@@Mommotexx Is veiwers an inside joke or did Vince just brain-fart?

[@JustKarlos]

Never mind, just got to the end and he realised xD

[@lo377ps]

Great fix! I've repaired my Dymo the exact same way. Is working for five years now and it's still going. Same thing on some Vauxhall car stereos. They work for over 10 years now.

[@VPROXE-HELLRAISER]

I just recently discovered your vid's...and love them🤗 we really learn a lot from taking things apart.

[@coondogtheman]

I thought this thing was headed for the recycling. That was amazing that you fixed this. I would never have peeled off that LCD ribbon. The zebra rubber strips are a pain but not like these.

[@kyrengorkian]

The anisotropic conductive film (also known as a zebra strip) between the display and the PCB has failed due to age. Replacement or repair can be a home fix if you have the correct tool. It is a silicone-faced T-bar shaped metal tool which mounts in a soldering iron. Heat and pressure from the tool is required to attach the strip to the PCB and LCD screen. Banggood used to sell a digital display FM radio kit complete with the T-bar tool and a supply of zebra strips.

[@Alteracious]

You can also get anisotropic or Z-Tape from 3M that you can use to replace the adhesive and get it to work.

[@boastyy]

Great fix. I had the screen go dim on a couple of older yet still expensive fluke multimeters and managed to get them back working perfectly just by cleaning the rubber element with ipa where the ribbon slides in to.It was a really easy fix as I initially thought I would have to buy new screens.

[@PlanetRuncorn]

when ever i get a job like that to do, i always try lots of pressure before cutting, peeling, or soldering , sometimes thats all it needs, but once you peeled your committed then sometimes you win sometimes you dont ... Nice one glad you got it working ...

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Thank you awsome fix! No fast forward and(spoiler alart) a SUCCESSFUL FIX brilliant!

[@David-fz7ck]

Love the video Vince love it when you fix different things and this one is defo out there well done big thumbs up 👍🏻

[@patrickmorrissey2271]

I thought you ruined it for sure.... Wow. I was thinking the whole time, just warm it up with your air blower air soldering thing.... But it worked!

[@MrDubje]

Didn't know that phrase "I before E, except after C." Good one and good fix. I fixed a device before by just carefully heating that kind ribbon with a soldering iron on low temperature.

[@MrMon3l]

I before E except after C but not weird words such as "weird” and a whole load of others, proving my education was based on lies. 😁

[@MrDubje]

@@MrMon3l Hahaha, Right! Thanks! I forgot about that one (and most possibly a whole lot of others) momentarily...

[@dougvee4744]

Had the same problem on same product and fixed it. Thanks for posting this.

[@4thStump]

Oh my word! I thought this thing was a gonna! Awesome job 👍

[@Leonvolt28]

12:56 I thought you were drinking the isopropyl alcohol😂

[@itslegiTim]

"Oh, too much? I just sip it quickly.... Good stuff" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Laughed way too hard bout that scene after you mentioned it hahaha

[@conormoore2163]

same haha

[@IzikGutz]

For all we know he did.

[@zs1dfr]

Very well done! I would have cleaned down the length of the metallic strips rather than scrubbing crossways - I might have got rid of more glue than you did. Also, I wonder if acetone might not have dissolved the glue much better.... Thank you for this one!

[@darkx415]

I really like that intro music

[@marcels.7074]

I can tell u it

[@Leonvolt28]

Here you go open.spotify.com/track/5EPTvTpmK28iOC7hTXdJdV?si=Eazk6AP6TBK5Vps_UD_-oA

[@M19u3I]

i'm not english native but pretty sure viewers is not spelled veiwers :D nice video as always Vince

[@aaaaea9268]

Confirmo

[@Mr_Kettle]

Watch till the end. :-)

[@Vermilicious]

Woo, I'm a veiwer! (I was too soon) Noticed the kapton tape covering the button pad and wondered when he was going to notice.

[@idk-zj4cz]

I really enjoy these videos. I have a very basic knowledge of electronics from school so it's nice to be able to follow along with what's happening and also pick up bits of knowledge.

[@markvandesande8855]

The commodore or spectrum ribon cut fix. I fix my ones at work all the time ive got one from 2005 still working perfectly. Nice fix great feeling fixing these the later models are easier to fix though. My later ones have graphics and save create and print alot quicker. But i will say ribbons are still far to expensive. Ive also got a white heatshrink sleeve printer cartridges are stupidly expensive. Anyway nice repair as usual great video. 😉

[@020progamer]

(: Great job Vince! You have worked so hard to fix broken electronics. Thank you for saving the earth. You are the best! Edit: Wow great job!!!

[@silent-ghost]

nerves of steel, fantastic logic, I'm in awe

[@rwl-pj4kh]

Good job man, reminds me.of when I was little, I would take everything apart, 9 times out of 10 completely screw it up, then spend hours trying to fix it( all I had was sticky tape and a few crappy screw drivers) before my parents found out lol

[@stupendously_silly]

Hi Vince, when dealing with glue residue and IPA isn't an option, a rubber eraser would be able to clean it well. Just gently rub it at a single direction to avoid ripping the pad.

[@MikeB_UK]

If you search for "ACF" (Anisotropic conductive film) you can find out how the flat flex cable was originally bonded. This stuff is also available as a paste. If you had a very expensive item that failed a new cable plus the adhesive can be used to re-make it as new but fiddly (heat + pressure) and not worth the cost and aggro for cheaper items.

[@FernandoelChachi]

Wonderful work. I also use that chinesse double sided tape a lot for a lot of thing, it's very useful...

[@TheCod3r]

Just to let you know that all sellers can now see who is watching their item and the seller chooses whether to send a discount offer or not. That said, can't wait to watch the rest of this 😁

[@fuzzybobbles]

But how many ebay sellers will watch this video? I aways message sellers saying I feel the price is too high, but if the item doesn't sell I will offfer £X for it. Amazing how many message back with a good offer.

[@TheCod3r]

@@fuzzybobbles very good point. I do the same occasionally but don't always get a response. I guess I just expect it all for peanuts lol

[@mrchrome5403]

They were founded in 1958 in Berkeley california US by Rudolf Hurwich that 1 looks like a 90s / early 00s device at a guess due to style awesome video keep em coming 👍

[@MrGoodBurn]

That conductive adhesive does this over time; especially if the device has been stored somewhere hot. The original Nintendo Game Boy as well as the Nintendo Virtual Boy are notorious for this. I've removed the vertical lines on Game Boy systems many times by putting a layer of Kapton tape over the ribbon, then going over it with the tip of my soldering iron to carefully heat up the glue, which fixes it.

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

Nice little fix. Love it.

[@Nimmbin]

Excellent. Never say die. Love the attitude. 🙂

[@mattw6749]

They tend to give these away, as they have cashbacks, as they are a bit like inkjets where the money is selling cartridges. But great that you could fix it.

[@mikekelly9129]

Well done bud, another great fix 👍

[@lynzoido]

I got it. This is one of those rare spoof videos from Vince. I mean one day its bga reflow and day after it's 'i guess 9v 0.7a might be proportional to 6v 1a'. Thanks Vince, had a good mid-week laugh here, nice one. Keep doing those spoof videos along with normal ones. I like em.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

@12:58 That sneaky swig of too much alcohol. Naughty! ;) @31:47 My internal grammar and spelling Nazi was triggered up to this point, but thankfully you cleared it up and all is well with the world! I've done this type of repair before with laptop keyboards - cutting off the worn end of the ribbon cable. Thankfully it had a proper snap fit connector to plug into and wasn't glued so was much less hassle!

[@rays7437]

Vince you need to get some adhesive remover. The stuff we use in the car business does not damage paint or plastic. It takes gummy, sticky glue off quickly, unlike IPA

[@willproctor7301]

Never thought that would happen :) Nice work :)

[@ArnoBattke]

Brought this device home from work today to do some crafting, because I have the exact same problem.

[@adiposerex5150]

Great work. Very enjoyable.

[@MattyEngland]

No wasps were hurt in the making of this video! (probably)

[@zxrenew5642]

It's the seller that pushes out the offer to all of the watchers. :)

[@DEmma1972]

Great fix.. I thought you were going to end up buying another screen

[@Mymatevince]

Yeah, I got lucky on this one. Apparently the easy fix was just rubbing a soldering iron gently along it to melt the adhesive :-)

[@HavingFunRepairs]

Excellent repair Vince! Have you considered trying a conductive glue, very small amount between ribbon cable leads and PCB termination points? May provide a more permanent bond versus a pressurised mechanical connection.

[@abesmith8642]

Really interesting fix

[@thegees]

great video vince!

[@AnshBSS]

Nice Job My Mate VINCE

[@MichaelBonenfant]

Wonder if you could have painted on some of the silver paint you use to touch up pads to make them conductive just to give the connection a bit more to stick to?

[@SimonQuigley]

The original Gameboy has this issue. The fix is what you suggested.. Rubbing a soldering iron tip across the back of the connector to reflow the conductive glue.

[@SimonQuigley]

I tried peeling the ribbon up, but that ruined it. Then I googled and found the solution was to heat it. So the side where I heated it was fixed, and the side where I peeled it was wrecked :-(

[@CLC-1000]

Interesting item. Great video.

[@nachocdbz]

Hi Vince! I replaced the led strips of my LG LED tv a few days ago. So, first of all, thanks for the inspiration. I was scared of doing it but your videos inspired me to go for it. To clean the remains of the glue I've first tried IPA and didn't really work. I've then used lighter fluid and was much easier and completely removed all traces of the glue (got the tip from a few of Toy Polloi's repair videos, he even used it to remove old tape from cardboard boxes). I'm wondering if this will be a good solution to expose the tracks on the cable you worked on here.

[@GothGfGG]

Hey Vince, im not sure if this is the place to do it. But, I have an Xbox elite 2 controller. Left stick constantly drifts. I’ve had it “repaired” multiple times through Microsoft, they send it back and the repair usually lasts roughly 1-3 months before the issue resumes. I’d love to send you the unit to see if it’s able to be repaired. I’d definitely like to compensate you for your troubles mate. Cheers.

[@catcam]

Great fix !!! Thanks for that .

[@kylejohnson5585]

for those screens usually pressure is all the issue I stick a strick of foam that is firm but somewhat forgiving so that when the shell is on it adds pressure everwhere its needed and that seems to do the job for awhile usually its for kids toys and by the time it fails it will be of no use to them lol

[@douglasgreen2383]

I'm impressed.

[@gustavefrankfurter6462]

HI Vince. Some Zippo lighter fluid would have been better than ISP in removing that goo.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

two layers of cardboard should make it work but I wonder what about the type of 80 way ribbon cable that used for floppy drives to the motherboard of a computer could be soldered at both ends to create a more permanent connection assuming the the display has PCB tracks on the back of it if not you will have to get that zebra tape .

[@codykamminga9667]

Have the same one, great label printer

[@criticallycryptic]

Thanks for making such good content

[@dkaytan]

Did the wasp escape or did you kill it?

[@Mymatevince]

The wasp was sent back out the open window to live on 👍

[@dkaytan]

@@Mymatevince lucky wasp

[@seshachary5580]

VERY EDUCATIVE THANK YOU

[@woaxh9458]

I have exactly the same label maker but the labels that came with it were 19mm rather than 6mm that's required. Gotta look for the 6mm now 😩

[@juniorcook4094]

Wow awesome job

[@GarthBeagle]

30:06 Yes, trimming the ribbon cable back a bit is a way to fix a keyboard in a ZX Spectrum.

[@Keythong]

In hindsight you might have saved a bit of time by just sticking the foam straight on, it would probably still fix it. Nice fix.

[@clarkg.s.256]

You could have used WD-40 to remove those sticky glues and clean with IPA later on so that the heat seal connector can lay flat to the pcb board and you can use less pressure and better connectivity. Nonetheless great fix mate!

[@Tim_3100]

Nice fix vince and vince if you have any interest i have a datacorder like those used by journalists in 90's to early 00. if your interested in it for a future trying to fix let me know i have no use for it now it.

[@TruBluAussie]

I was waiting to see if you noticed that spelling mistake 🤣 Nice fix

[@shaungarrett5091]

Great vid 👍

[@djayantikalloemisier9166]

Cool fix

[@tippedjoshua6802]

Thanks for making cool videos

[@tommyjohnson7506]

What equipment do u use to record when doing hands on repair

[@FernandoelChachi]

Thinking now, did you try applying pressure on that ribbon?. I say so becuse maybe you hadn't to have peeled off the contacts and it could had been enough that double sided tape making pressure.

[@johnsweda2999]

Is possible you stick it down on captive tape the whole lot use acetone to dissolve the other coating plastic glue whatever it is on a Q-Tip leaving the traces behind on the captive tape use some solder paste and heat it up with a gun use plenty of of rosin, would of thought would do the trick!! captive tape won't melt but the other barrier on the original would melt so that's why dissolve it and leaving the foil traces stuck to the captive tape. Probably best to coat the outer surface first with acetone and get the coating off before putting the captive tape on and reverse and do the other side

[@gojohnniegogo]

Yeah, I do remember Gadget doing something similar. No idea what device it was though, seems yonks ago!

[@TobiEstosWorld]

that was a nice fix, cool :)

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Thank god for all these 'veiwers'... without them Vince's channel would be stuffed, and he would just be continually uploading videos of wasps in a room.

[@tc4724]

yo vince baby, what is that green tape you are using, also the double sided ?

[@jeepstermario9912]

this was more suspenseful than fast and furious

[@arthurcollector4002]

this is exactly what happens with virtual boy, flat cables with glue instead of solder

[@markshellard5894]

Operation success!

[@8Bitrabbitech]

Hi, try 3M z axis conductive tape, it allows multiple electrical connections through the tape.Just google it. Thank me later.

[@Mymatevince]

Looks great. I just purchased a 6" strip from eBay. Thanks for letting me know about it👍👍

[@AnshBSS]

My Mate VINCE Nice Job

[@__babyface]

@@Mymatevince what's your username ID on PS3, Wii U & Switch?

[@woolfy02]

Have you ever thought of doing software repair videos as well? (Firmware etc etc). You can get started on it with routers/Some hard drives/laptops, and things like that. Would make for some good content I think if it's something you are interested doing, and just the whole learning process.

[@Lojo2018]

Do you know how to fix ghost toch on a samsung galaxy s6 without opening the phone because the ghost touch is really annoying, someone spilled water on the screen (not me) and it was just a puddle and my mom put it in a bag of rice and the next day i took it out (few months ago i think) and its still doing it

[@xeno.8892]

Hey mymate vince can you do a tutorial on how to set up a keyboard and mouse to sWitch lite?

[@Vynncent]

EEVBlog did a video on how to fix this. You actually didn't have to remove it, but just use a hot bar

[@groundpltful]

I was thinking of the same thing about reapplied heat along the lcd cable just like the line fix on the original game boy